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Welcome to Lucerne Park ...

Lucerne Park is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lucerne Park, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

Lucerne Park is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lucerne Park lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lucerne Park: 863

Communities near Lucerne Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lucerne Park.

  • Lakeland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Winter Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Haines City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bartow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Wales
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Auburndale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Davenport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dundee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Eagle Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Polk City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lucerne Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lucerne Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lucerne Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lucerne Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lucerne Park. See our Newspapers Page for Lucerne Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lucerne Park ...

Looking for more information about Lucerne Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lucerne Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lucerne Park.

Adding Lucerne Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lucerne Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lucerne Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lucerne Park post office opened in 1912.

We also found Lucerne Park in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lucerne Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lucerne Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/